Wednesday Cable Ratings: Fox’s The Five #1 in Demo for All Cable News

Fox News’ The Five was the highest-rated show in the 25-54 demo Wednesday evening, beating The O’Reilly Factor and the rest of Fox’s prime time lineup. The Five had 447K in the demo, followed by Bill O’Reilly with 419K. Special Report with Bret Baier and The Kelly File tied for third with 386K. O’Reilly had the highest number of total viewers with 2.764M.

During the 7pm hour, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews was #1 in the demo with 302K, beating Greta Van Susteren’s 263K. Van Susteren was #1 in the time slot in total viewers with 1.662M.

Here are the rest of your Wednesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  304	New Day  72	Morning Joe  173	Express  104
5 pm	The Five  447	Blitzer  80	Schultz  177	WWYD  50
6 pm	Baier  386	Blitzer/Crossfire  79/75	Sharpton  209	WWYD  68
7 pm	Van Susteren  263	Burnett  107	Matthews  302	Velez-Mitchell  64
8 pm	O’Reilly  419	Cooper  135	Hayes  297	Grace  106
9 pm	Kelly  386	Morgan  125	Maddow  327	Dr. Drew  87
10 pm	Hannity  331	Cooper  120	O’Donnell  263	WWYD  92
11 pm	O’Reilly  299	Cooper  59	Hayes  174	Showbiz  26
PRIME TIME	378	127	295	95
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.116	New Day  207	Morning Joe  508	Express  227
5 pm	The Five  2.234	Blitzer  404	Schultz  653	WWYD  111
6 pm	Baier  2.185	Blitzer/Crossfire  400/259	Sharpton  664	WWYD  184
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.662	Burnett  397	Matthews  921	Velez-Mitchell  201
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.764	Cooper  502	Hayes  976	Grace  386
9 pm	Kelly  2.491	Morgan  353	Maddow  1.194	Dr. Drew  209
10 pm	Hannity  1.533	Cooper  293	O’Donnell  995	WWYD  174
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.228	Cooper  190	Hayes  504	Showbiz  104
PRIME TIME	2.266	383	1.056	257
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data